Taipei: Thailand's Suteepat Prateeptienchai appears hard to stop at the Yeangder TPC this weekend, after adding a second-round six-under-par 66 yesterday to his opening 64.
He leads on 14 under by four strokes at Linkou International Golf & Country Club, over fellow Thais Settee Prakongvech and Sadom Kaewkanjana as well as Miguel Tabuena from the Philippines.
Settee fired a 65, while both Sadom and Tabuena carded 67s.
South Korea's Jang Yu-Bin (65), Italian Stefano Mazzoli (66), Taiwan's Lu Wei-chih (69), Hung Chien-yao (67) and Wang Wei-hsuan (70), along with Karandeep Kochhar (68) from India, are all a shot further back.
"It's all Thais right now; I feel comfortable at the weekend as I will play with friends," said Suteepat, who made it onto the Asian Tour after winning the Asian Development Tour (ADT) Order of Merit in 2022.
The 31-year-old's one win to date on the Asian Tour came here in Taiwan last year, when he claimed the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open.
Settee got off to an amazing start by making birdies on the first four, and another on six. Two more followed on the homeward half, and he was also bogey-free.
Thailand's Poom Saksansin, the defending champion, fought back from a disappointing first round 73 by carding a 68 to reach three under, which was right on the cut line.